If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this year's Olympus InVision Photography Festival is a literal library of visual stories — told through powerful and provocative images that speak to everything from capturing personal moments with an iPhone to exploring the darker conditions of child labor throughout the world. The 5th annual festival, presented by ArtsQuest Nov. 6-9 at the ArtsQuest Center and Banana Factory in Bethlehem, is filled with workshops, presentations and exhibitions by many of the world's best photographers, including Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalists, world renowned commercial and fashion photographers and a celebrated New York Times...

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